Linda Heyer is a project manager in the communications and publications team. Before joining MERICS, Linda worked with the International Civil Society Center, a think tank, with the RENAFAN GmbH as a China project manager and 7 years at the EURASIA Institute as a regional manager for East and Southeast Asia. Linda studied "Language, Business and Culture Studies" with a focus on China and Southeast Asia at Passau University and Mandarin at Zhejiang and Xiamen University in China. Through work and study programs, Linda spent several years in China, Taiwan and Thailand.